Australia Indigenous artists preyed on and sent into debt by 'carpetbagging' art dealers, inquiry told

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says he will not call a referendum to establish an Indigenous voice to parliament, despite leaders saying the survival of their communities depend on it. There has been optimism and broad support for the idea of establishing an Indigenous advisory body in the constitution among thousands of Australians at one of the most important Indigenous gatherings, the annual Garma Festival in Arnhem Land this weekend."I don't believe that would be able to be passed at a referendum and it's not a policy that I would support" Mr Turnbull told the ABC.

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A senior Victorian bureaucrat rejects claims that he had helped the Labor Party "workshop" a scheme that misused nearly &dollar;400,000 of public money.A parliamentary committee is currently examining the Victorian Labor Party's so-called 'red shirts rort', which is also the subject of a police fraud investigation.

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Commemoration, Art and Education. Composed of four Commissioners from across the country, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls is independent from federal, provincial and territorial governments, crown corporations and Indigenous forms of government.

Manipulation of high-profile artists rife in Alice Springs

"Carpetbagging" was a term put to the committee this morning — a practice generally referring to outsiders moving into an area to take advantage of a situation.

According to Skye O'Meara, manager of the APY Art Centre Collective, art dealers were constantly preying on high-profile artists in Alice Springs, forced to work under misleading circumstances.

"The trickery involved is that artists have to pay for materials, food and accommodation, which are later detailed when artists are billed," she said.

Hawks do away with 'colour of surrender'

Hawthorn won’t wear white ever again. The Hawks have worn a white alternate jumper occasionally since 2008 in away games against clubs including Gold Coast, West Coast, Adelaide and Greater Western Sydney, but in a letter to members on the club’s website, Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett said his club would no longer wear any colours other than brown and gold, with the only exception to be made during Indigenous round.“Many of you will remember seeing Hawthorn play in what looked like a white jumper as our away outfit,” Kennett wrote.“Never again.

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To learn more about the inquiry , or find out how to participate in or work for the inquiry , please visit the inquiry 's website. The use of red dresses to represent missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls was originated by Métis artist Jaime Black in 2010.

"They might be given a car, and then asked to paint their way to pay for it.

"The whole process bends your mind but is very much a part of Alice Springs life."

Ms O'Meara said dealers targeted vulnerable artists, finding them in hospitals and in town.

She also spoke of a young central desert artist who was in $35,000 worth of debt to an art dealer, with no course of action.

Calls for stronger regulation

Five Indigenous bodies in the art community took the microphone this morning to express the need for stronger regulation of replica art.

Gabriel Noda, Deputy Chair of the Arnhem, Northern and Kimberley Artists Aboriginal Corporation (ANKAAA), addressed the inquiry in Darwin, calling for deterrent measures and legislation to be put in place immediately.

"We would like to find a real solution to solve the problem now. A [regulatory] body or a corporation should be set up down south, and have Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people apply to work there," he said.

Garma: Government urged to repair relations with Indigenous communities

Aboriginal people have been dealt a "cold slap in the face" due to policy failures and the rejection of a referendum push, former federal Aboriginal affairs minister Fred Chaney says.At the Garma festival in Arnhem Land, former Liberal politician Fred Chaney urged government departments to repair relations with Indigenous communities.

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"It should have people who know about the law and parliament, coming up with a penalty and resolution to go through parliament.

"Those selling fake art should be prosecuted … back in the day [if] you took a man's belongings, you get speared."

Mr Noda also called for strengthening of the Indigenous art code — which underpins trade between Indigenous art dealers and artists — to ensure that deals were fair and ethical.

Chief Executive Officer of ANKAAA, Christina Davidson, said the regulatory system was not efficient.

"There's an extraordinary amount of clutter that confuses the consumer and disturbs authentic artists," she said.

"It puts the onus on the good guys to prove what they're doing is authentic. The bad guys don't have to do anything."

Acting chair of the inquiry, Member for Lingiari Warren Snowden, assured Darwin attendees that in their report to parliament, the committee would make very strong recommendations on amending consumer law and the Indigenous Arts Code.

"People are very angry that their culture is being stolen. We understand that. The same story is being told to us," he said.

The senate inquiry has held twenty public hearings and received in excess of 150 submissions, with Darwin being the last stop in the nationwide tour.

Decorated veteran Ben Roberts-Smith asks AG to refer leaks to police .
Lawyers for Ben Roberts-Smith want leaks of details of an inquiry into the former soldier to the federal police for criminal investigation. In a statement released by Seven West Media on Sunday, Mr Roberts-Smith, an executive at Kerry Stokes's Seven Network operations in Queensland, acknowledged an unsuccessful attempt on Friday to stop Fairfax Media publishing allegations about his service in Afghanistan and a domestic violence allegation.Mr Roberts-Smith denies all the allegations and claims leaking details of the inquiry broke federal law.

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